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Best Banks Awards Ceremony 2011
Best Banks Awards Ceremony 2011 At the recent annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in...
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World’s Best Foreign Exchange Providers Awards 2012
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Trade & Supply Chain Finance 2011
WEATHERING THE STORM Following the 2008 financial crisis, trade finance was a term often uttered in the upper echelons...
Banking
Bank/Insurer Relationship Called Into Question
MILESTONES: GLOBAL By Paula L. Green Financial industry regulators better have their feet on the ground—and a sound understanding of the links between the banking and insurance sectors—when they lay down new rules meant to bolster the troubled global financial ...
Award Winners
Best In Class
ANNUAL SURVEY: WORLD’S BEST BANKS A selection from Global Finance ’s best banks awards from the past year. WORLD’S BEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE PROVIDERS 2011 WORLD’S BEST DERIVATIVES PROVIDERS 2011 WORLD’S BEST SUB-CUSTODIANS 2011 WORLD’S BEST ...
Banking
Best In Class In Times Of Turmoil
When the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have their annual meeting in Washington DC at the end of September, the atmosphere will most probably be very tense...
Banking
Buffett’s Vote Of Confidence In Bank of America
NEWSMAKERS: UNITED STATES By Gordon Platt Billionaire investor Warren Buffett was soaking in the tub when he came up with the idea of investing $5 billion in Bank of America. Buffett banks on domestic investments The Berkshire Hathaway ...
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Central Banker Report Cards 2011
MIRACLE WORKERS REACH END OF THE ROAD By Gordon Platt, Antonio Guerrero and Anita Hawser Boosting employment and production are the elusive goals of today’s central bankers. If it’s broke, fix it. Central bankers are taking on ...
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Central Banker Report Cards 2011: Asia
ASIA Australia Glenn Stevens Grade: A Glenn Stevens, governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, has a steady hand and clear policy views when it comes to making monetary decisions at the RBA. At its meeting in August, the ...
Award Winners
Central Banker Report Cards 2011: Europe
EUROPE Czech Republic Miroslav Singer Grade: B Miroslav Singer had just been appointed governor when we published our last Central Banker Report Cards, but he hasn’t wasted any time in giving his assessment on how the euro crisis could ...
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Central Banker Report Cards 2011: Middle East & Africa
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA Angola José de Lima Massano Grade: B The performance of Angola’s economy depends more on oil prices than on monetary policy. José de Lima Massano, former CEO of Banco Africano de Investimentos, was appointed central bank ...
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Central Banker Report Cards 2011: The Americas
The Americas Argentina Mercedes Marcó del Pont Grade: D When Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner appointed political ally Mercedes Marcó del Pont to head the central bank in February 2010, there was little hope the move would lead to ...